Paul Simon – Duncan (Guitar)

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[Chords] G 3 x 0 0 0 x G/F# 2 x 0 0 0 x A x 0 2 2 2 x A7/G 3 0 2 0 x x (no 3) G* 3 2 0 0 3 x C* x 3 2 0 1 3 Gsus2 3 0 0 0 3 5 G/B x x 9 7 8 7 Cadd9 x 3 2 0 3 0 Gadd9 3 x 0 2 0 x [Intro] Em [Verse 1]
Em                         D
Couple in the next room    Bound to win a prize  they've been

G     G/F#  A   A7/G  D                C                 G*
goin' at it  all night long  Well I'm  tryin to get some sleep but these

C               G              C             G*
motel walls are cheap  Lincoln Duncan is my name and here's my

D                  Em
song    here's my  song
[Verse 2]
Em                           D
My father was a fisherman  my mama was a fisherman's friend  And

G     G/F#        A    A7/G       D
I was born in the boredom and the chowder              

   C                 G*            C              G
So when I reached my prime  I left my home in the Maritimes

C               G*           D
headed down the turnpike for New England

          Em
Sweet New England
[Instrumental] C C* Gsus2 G/B C Cadd9 C G Gadd9 G C C* Gsus2 G/B D Em D Em [Verse 3]
Em                      D
Holes in my confidence  holes in the knees of my jeans  I was

G          G/F#   A  A7/G  D         C            G*
left without a penny in my pocket    Oo  hoo hoo  wee  I was about

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destituted as a kid could be And I wished I wore a ring so I could

D                     Em
hock it   I'd like to hock it
[Verse 4]
Em                                 D
A young girl in a parking lot was preaching to a crowd  singing

G      G/F#      A       A7/G       D
sacred songs and reading from the Bible   Well I

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told her I was lost   and she told me all about the Pentecost  And I

C                     G*              D  Em
seen that girl as the road to my surviv--al
[Instrumental] C C* Gsus2 G/B C Cadd9 C G Gadd9 G C C* Gsus2 G/B D Em D Em [Verse 5]
Em
Just later on the very same night I

D                                          G    G/F#     A    A7/G
crept to her tent with a flashlight and my long years of innocence

D                 C              G*
ended    Well she took me to the woods sayin'

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"Here comes somethin' and it feels so good!" And just like a dog I was

D                       Em
befriended   I was befriended
[Verse 6]
Em                   D
Oh  oh  what a night Oh what a garden of delight

     G   G/F#       A  A7/G  D
Even now that sweet me-mory lingers   I was

C             G*          C                  G
playin' my guitar   lying underneath the stars  Just

C            G*          D                 Em
thankin' the lord for my fingers    for my fingers
[Outro] C C* Gsus2 G/B C Cadd9 C G Gadd9 G C C* Gsus2 G/B D Em D Em